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Supreme Court lets stand California’s ‘sanctuary’ law on undocumented immigrants

June 15, 2020 at 11:31 a.m. EDT
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago/Bloomberg News)

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up California’s “sanctuary” law that forbids local law enforcement in most cases from cooperating with aggressive federal action to identify and deport undocumented immigrants.

The court let stand the law passed after President Trump took office and challenged by his administration. The most significant measure limits police from sharing information unless the immigrants have been convicted of violent or serious crimes.